An Allentown man was arrested in Wilkes-Barre last week after he was caught, authorities say, hiding cocaine in a most uncomfortable spot.

Laneill Simmons, 37, attempted to hide a bag containing about 24 grams of cocaine in his rectum when he was arrested Friday, according to court documents.

Simmons, of the 1300 block of South 10th Street, struggled with officers during a traffic stop, and then started reaching into his pants and underwear after he was handcuffed, police said.

That prompted one of the officers to ask, "What do you have shoved in there?" according to an arrest affidavit.

Simmons has been committed to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility in lieu of $50,000 bail, according to court documents.

He was the passenger in a car that Wilkes-Barre police pulled over after seeing it make a right turn without using a turn signal, according to records.

After the vehicle was stopped, the officer smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside the vehicle, and observed Simmons squirming and trying to position his body further down in his seat, records say.

The officer believed Simmons was making "furtive movements" consistent with someone concealing a weapon or contraband, and ordered Simmons to step out of the vehicle, records say.

Simmons was asked for identification and to place his hands on the vehicle to be patted down, but he refused to cooperate and began thrashing around and struggling with the officers, police say.

He attempted to hit two officers, according to court documents, and one officer had to dodge at least two attempts by Simmons to head-butt him.

Eventually Simmons was taken down to the ground and handcuffed, after which he reached into his pants, pulled a bag out of his rectum and tossed it onto the sidewalk, according to records.

The bag contained four bags of suspected crack cocaine and three bags of suspected powder cocaine, authorities said.

Police also found another package with about five bags of marijuana in Simmons' pants pocket, according to the arrest affidavit.

He has been charged with aggravated assault against a police officer, possession with intent to deliver, resisting arrest, tampering with physical evidence and possession of a small amount of marijuana.